CBSE Class 6 English – MCQ and Online Tests – A Pact with the Sun – Unit 8 – A Pact with the Sun
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CBSE Class 6 English – MCQ and Online Tests – A Pact with the Sun – Unit 8 – A Pact with the Sun
Question 1.
The children are better than the grown ups as:
(a) they are not innocent
(b) they are physically stronger
(c) they can talk to the objects of nature freely
(d) they obey their parents
Answer
(c) they can talk to the objects of nature freely
Question 2.
The formula for good health is:
(a) early to rise
(b) early to bed
(c) eat, drink and be merry
(d) early to bed and early to rise.
Answer
(d) early to bed and early to rise.
Question 3.
The quacks are
(a) better than specialists
(b) good
(c) not better than specialists
(d) none of the above.
Answer
(c) not better than specialists
Question 4.
Saeeda’s mother was denied
(a) water
(b) pearls
(c) dewdrops
(d) sunshine
Answer
(d) sunshine
Question 5.
The pact with the sun can be made:
(a) when we are sleeping
(b) when we are in a dark room
(c) while playing an indoor game
(d) when we are playing outside
Answer
(d) when we are playing outside
Question 6.
The specialist prescribed
(a) cheap and effective medicines
(b) herbal treatment
(c) costly and effective medicines
(d) hilly environment
Answer
(c) costly and effective medicines
Question 7.
The sunrays never wished to be called
(a) fair weather friends
(b) friends
(c) liars
(d) lairs
Answer
(c) liars
Question 8.
Saeeda told the sunrays
(a) to visit her
(b) to visit her mother
(c) to treat her mother
(d) to visit the mother with lots of warmth.
Answer
(b) to visit her mother
Question 9.
She was advised to sit in the sun for
(a) half an hour
(b) an hour
(c) most of the daytime
(d) the whole of the day time
Answer
(b) an hour
Short Answers Type Questions:
Question 1.
When would you make a pact with the sun ?
Answer
We would make a pact with the sun when we are playing a cricket match.
Question 2.
What did the physicians ask Saeeda’s mother to do to get well ?
Answer
The physicians asked Saeeda’s mother not to take normal food to get well.
Question 3.
Why do you think she did not show any sign of improvement ?
Answer
Saeeda’s mother was not treated properly. Moreover she was forbidden normal food and was confined to her small dingy room. This room was kept shut. No fresh air or sunlight was allowed to her. It was because of these things that Saeeda’s mother showed no signs of improvement.
Question 4.
If not, why not ?
Answer
No, their advice did not help her. Lack of sunshine and fresh air worsened her condition.
Question 5.
What did Saeeda’s mother suffer from ?
Answer
Saeeda’s mother seemed to have several troubles. She had been ailing for sometime – fever, cough, body ache, painful joints and what not. She often showed signs of improvement but soon relapsed into her old, sick self, one complaint substituted by another.
Question 6.
What did Saeeda tell the sunrays to do ?
Answer
Saeeda asked the sunrays to come the next day with lots of warmth and brightness. She told the sunrays that her ailing mother needed their help.
Question 7.
What happened when her condition became critical ?
Answer
When her condition became critical, people persuaded her to consult a specialist. She had to sell a few cheap ornaments to pay the doctor’s fee and the cost of medicine.
Question 8.
Why were the sunrays keen to go down to the earth the next day ?
Answer
The sunrays had made a pact with Saeeda that they would be there with warmth and brightness. Therefore, they were keen to go down to the earth the next day even if it was cloudy. They could not stay back lest they should be called liars.
Question 9.
Did their advice help her ?
Answer
They also gave her strict orders to remain shut in a dark room with doors and windows tightly closed.
Question 10.
How did Saeeda’s mother and the others react to the specialist’s advice ?
Answer
Saeeda’s mother heeded the doctor’s advice. Others were sharply divided in their opinion. Some favoured while the others opposed it. The old people thought that the exposure to sun and air was dangerous to those who were sick. The young disagreed with them. They said that the specialist was right.
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